[Federal Register: November 15, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 220)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-07-0571]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 639-5960 or send an e-mail
to omb@cdc.gov. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax to (202) 395-6974.
Written comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Minimum Data Elements (MDEs)/System for Technical Assistance
Reporting (STAR) for the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early
Detection Program (NBCCEDP)--(OMB Number 0920-0571)--Extension--
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
(NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The NBCCEDP was established in response to the Congressional Breast
and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990. This Act mandates
a program that will provide early detection, breast and cervical cancer
screening services for under-served women.
CDC proposes to aggregate breast and cervical cancer screening,
diagnostic and treatment data from NBCCEDP grantees at the State,
territory and tribal level. These aggregated data will include
demographic information about women served through funded programs. The
proposed data collection will also include infrastructure data about
grantee management, public education and outreach, professional
education, and service delivery.
Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death among
American women. The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimated that
211,240 new cases would be diagnosed among women in 2005, and 40,410
women would die of this disease. Mammography is extremely valuable as
an early detection tool because it can detect breast cancer well before
the woman can feel the lump, when it is still in an early and more
treatable stage. Women older than age 40 that receive annual
mammography screening reduce their probability of breast cancer
mortality and increase their treatment options.
Although early detection efforts have greatly decreased the
incidence of invasive cervical cancer in recent decades, ACS estimated
that 10,370 new cases would be diagnosed in 2005 and 3,710 women would
die of this disease. Papanicolaou (Pap) tests effectively detect
precancerous lesions in addition to invasive cervical cancer. The
detection and treatment of precancerous lesions can prevent nearly all
cervical cancer-related deaths.
Because breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnostic and
treatment data are already collected and aggregated at the State,
territory and tribal level, the additional burden on the grantees will
be small. Continuation of this program will require grantees to report
a minimum data set (MDE) on screening and follow-up activities
electronically to the CDC on a semi-annual basis. The program will
require grantees to report infrastructure data (STAR) to the CDC
annually using a web-based system. Information collected will be used
to obtain more complete breast and cervical cancer data, promote public
education of cancer incidence and risk, improve the availability of
screening and diagnostic services for under-served women, ensure the
quality of services provided to women, and develop outreach strategies
for women that are never or rarely screened for breast and cervical
cancer. Data collection will continue for the next three years.
There are no costs to respondents other than their time. The total
estimated annualized burden hours are 2,244.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Average
Number of Number of burden per
Reports respondents* responses per response (in
respondent hours)
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*Infrastructure Report (STAR)................................... 68 1 25
*Screening and Follow-up (MDE).................................. 68 2 4
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* Respondents include State, territorial and tribal grantees.
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Dated: November 8, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. E6-19260 Filed 11-14-06; 8:45 am]
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